Rosetta's comet composition yields an unpleasant odor
Posted: Mon, Oct 27 8:09 AM ET (1209 GMT)
The comet being studied by Europe's Rosetta mission has a composition that would, if it could be smelled, produce an unpleasant odor. Analyses of...

China launches circumlunar mission
Posted: Sat, Oct 25 11:39 AM ET (1539 GMT)
China launched early Friday a spacecraft on a trip around the Moon that the country describes as a test of a future lunar sample return...

Russian cosmonauts speed through EVA
Posted: Thu, Oct 23 7:02 AM ET (1102 GMT)
Two Russian cosmonauts worked quickly on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, completing their tasks well ahead of schedule. Max Suraev and...

Proton launches Russian communications satellite
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
A Proton rocket successfully launched a Russian communications satellite on Tuesday. The Proton M lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:09 am EDT (...

Mars spacecraft survive comet flyby
Posted: Wed, Oct 22 8:53 AM ET (1253 GMT)
Spacecraft from the United States, Europe, and India all reported no problems after a comet passed within 140,000 kilometers of Mars this week. Comet...

China launches imaging satellite
Posted: Tue, Oct 21 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
A Long March rocket placed a Chinese Earth imaging satellite into orbit on Monday. The Long March 4C lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch...

Hubble finds potential KBO targets for New Horizons
Posted: Mon, Oct 20 8:48 AM ET (1248 GMT)
Astronomers have discovered three Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) that could be potential targets for the New Horizons mission after it flies past Pluto next year....

X-37B lands in California
Posted: Sat, Oct 18 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
A secretive military spaceplane completed its third, and longest yet, mission Friday with a landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The X-37B...

MIT professor nominated to become NASA deputy administrator
Posted: Sat, Oct 18 10:07 AM ET (1407 GMT)
The White House announced Thursday that it has nominated an MIT professor with experience in space technology and policy to become the second-in-command...

Ariane launches two Latin American communications satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 18 8:38 AM ET (1238 GMT)
An Ariane 5 successfully placed in orbit Thursday two communications satellites that will serve Latin America. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 5:43...